Improvement in sleighs



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Sleigh. No. 167,627. Patented Sept.l4,l875.

N-FEI'ENS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH M. STORY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN SLEIGHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,627, datedSeptember 14, 1875; application filed January 8, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. STORY, ofCincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented an Improvementin Ice or Snow Sleds, of which the following is a specification Myinvention consists, first, in certain peculiar appliances, by which therider is enabled to propel the sled, the appliances being so constructedand arranged to operate in such a manner that the propelling-wheel willride over undulating surfaces without affecting the bearing of therunners upon the ice.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sled embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the back runners.

A is the base 01' body of the sled; B, the riders seat; and O O O, therunning irons or runners. 'D is the propelling-wheel armed withprojecting teeth 61, to firmly engage in the face of the ice orv snow.This wheel is journaled in swinging arms E E, hinged at e to the body A,and its shaft is fitted at both ends with cranks F F, to whichconnecting rods G G are attached, the other ends of the latter beingconnected by a swiveling-joint with the hand-levers H B. By thisprovision of the swiveling or swinging arms E E, in

secured to the body A. This construction en ables the runners toautomatically adjust themselves to undulating surfaces. The forwardrunner O is made, as shown, to swivel in the body A for steeringpurposes, and is provided with crossbar J and foot-rests K, by

which the operator is enabled to change the direction of this runner atwill.

I claim l The combination of sled A B O G 0, wheel D d, swinging arms EE, cranks F F, rods G G, and hand-levers H H, as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH M. STORY.

Witnesses: FRANK MILLWARD, EDWARD BOYD.

